“The simple description is “a 9-year-old boy builds an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto part store and has the best day of his life…The bigger picture is why discovery and amplification are two of the most intriguing elements of social web.”

“It’s not a stretch to say that ‘Caine’s Arcade’ makes a convincing case for ‘connected learning,’ a model that embraces social media as a way for kids to link up with peers and mentors—a kind of crowdsourced education.”

“Caine’s story proves that sometimes if you build it—no matter how improbable or crazy or unrealistic it might seem—they actually will come. And that is something worth celebrating… It’s a powerful statement about what the Web and social tools can do… I think we are only beginning to see the potential of that ecosystem.”